MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 950, 17 April 1930, Page 17

MAJESTIC

“JAZZ HEAVEN” To the tuneful melody of “Someone.” which is sweeping America, as a distinct hit. Radio Pictures’ dramatic musical “Jazz Heaven” makes its bid for local acclaim at the Majestic Theatre today. John Mack Brown and Sally O’Neil are in the featured roles. “Someone” is more than the conventional theme song. The lilting lovel vric, composed by Oscar Levant and Sidney Clare, plays an integral part in the story. It is the song which ultimately brings success to a young composer, and makes possible his future married happiness. “Someone” thus is introduced in a novel manner, and forms a fitting background for the entire story. Sally O’Neil sings for the first time on the screen in “Jazz Heaven,” while John Mack Brown, cast as the young composer, both plays and sings. The supporting cast includes notable stars of stage and screen, including Joseph Caw thorn, Clyde Cook, Albert Conti Blanch© Friderici, and J. Barney Sherry. Cawthorn, one of the oldest stars of the musical comedy stage, is seen in another delightful comedy role similar to his part in “Street Girl/’ the picture which brought Cawthorn to the fore as an outstanding film comedian. Melville Brown directed “Jazz Heaven.” The picture brings to the talking screen for the first time a reproduction of a large broadcasting station. The locale has been screened with authenticity, giving a real picturisation of the manner in which radio programmes are put on the air A splendid programme of shorter talking and singing featurettes will also be presented this evening.